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I read your comment, thought “to get clicks, duh”, and then I clicked through the link. This is a research paper. I would like to echo your question: why? Doe
by bigyikes 5y ago
I read your comment, thought “to get clicks, duh”, and then I clicked through the link.
This is a research paper.
I would like to echo your question: why? Does academia incentivize clickbait?
- Fomite 5y agoWith the rise of Altmetrics? Arguably yes. IIRC, the last research I saw on this, which was awhile back, argued that clever titles get read more and cited less. https://www.researchtrends.com/issue24-september-2011/heading-for-success-or-how-not-to-title-your-paper/ https://www.researchtrends.com/issue24-september-2011/headin...
- eru 5y agoWell, not sure it's any worse than cite-bait?